Labor and Employment

Antitrust Lawsuit Filed Against NCAA, Major Sports Conferences, in Player Pay Dispute

Current college football and basketball stars have filed an antitrust lawsuit against the NCAA and the five major college sports […]

Paid Leave Laws Expanding Across US

New York City and Newark, N.J. are set to join the ranks of San Francisco, Seattle and other cities with paid sick leave laws, making this a trend employers across the US must begin to pay attention to.

Oklahoma Supreme Court Upholds New Discrimination Damages Caps as Constitutional

Oklahoma’s top court found that an amendment to the state’s anti-discrimination law which barred common law remedies in employment discrimination cases, and put a cap on damages, are legal.

Government Continues to Crackdown on Employer I-9 Violations

The government is increasing scrutiny of I-9 employment verification forms, conducting 3,000 audits in 2012 leading to more than 230 arrests. Shapiro Law Group attorneys offer preparation tips to employers.

Falling Asleep On The Job Raises Knotty ADA Issue

It started with an employee who kept falling asleep on the job. When she was discovered sleeping in the rest […]

Do Workers Have the Right to Take a Seat?

California’s top court has agreed to tackle a case that could determine whether employers are required to provide chairs for […]

Playboy Exec Refuses To OK Bonus, Gets Fired, Wins $6 Million

She told the GC and outside counsel she thought there had been an attempt to circumvent internal accounting rules mandated by the SEC.

Union Wants VW Plant Election Results Tossed

The United Auto Workers union, after its defeat at the Volkswagen plant in Tennessee, has filed objections with the National […]

Obama Seeks To Expand Overtime Eligibility To Millions

President Obama this week will instruct the Labor Department to overhaul its regulations, opening million of workers currently exempt to […]

Companies Getting Sued Over Employee Interrogation Techniques

A classic police interrogation technique, developed by a law professor in the 1930s, has been widely applied in the business […]

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